How common is the surname Sheehy?

4,782 people in the United States had the surname Sheehy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,564 Americans. It ranked 7,005th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sheehy?

Gail Sheehy, American journalist and writer, followed by Kathy Sheehy.

Where is the surname Sheehy most common?

Wikidata records people named Sheehy in the United States.

Is the surname Sheehy getting more or less common?

More common. 4,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,782 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Sheehy

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,782 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheehy is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Síthigh (“descendant of Sítheach”), a byname from sítheach (“peaceful”).

Sheehy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,782 people named Sheehy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,564 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,585.

#7,005

rank among US surnames

4,782

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,777)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,999	Tyndall	4,786	64,510
#7,001	Fulk	4,785	64,524
#7,004	Southworth	4,783	64,551
#7,005	Sheehy	4,782	64,564
#7,006	Gwin	4,781	64,578
#7,008	Malek	4,780	64,591

Who is named Sheehy

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Sheehy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sheehys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gail Sheehy
American journalist and writer, 1936–2020
Kathy Sheehy
American water polo player and coach, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheehy

Sheehy has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sheehy come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Síthigh (“descendant of Sítheach”), a byname from sítheach (“peaceful”).
How common is the surname Sheehy?: 4,782 people in the United States had the surname Sheehy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,564 Americans. It ranked 7,005th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheehy?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sheehy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sheehy?: Gail Sheehy, American journalist and writer, followed by Kathy Sheehy.
Where is the surname Sheehy most common?: Wikidata records people named Sheehy in the United States.
What type of surname is Sheehy?: Sheehy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Sheehy getting more or less common?: More common. 4,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,782 in 2010, up 4.3%.